Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Bio
- Debut
- 1912
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 617
- W
- 240
- L
- 162
- ERA
- 3.60
- IP
- 3571.2
- K
- 1,227
- BB
- 916
- WHIP
- 1.35
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | ATH | 17 | 1 | 2 | 4.50 | 50.0 | 38 | 30 | 1.56 |
| 1913 | ATH | 14 | 2 | 1 | 5.13 | 33.1 | 17 | 22 | 1.56 |
| 1914 | ATH | 28 | 11 | 4 | 2.79 | 151.2 | 90 | 65 | 1.33 |
| 1915 |  ATH/BOS | 16 | 3 | 6 | 6.36 | 58.0 | 31 | 39 | 1.86 |
| 1916 | BOS | 9 | 0 | 2 | 3.04 | 26.2 | 12 | 8 | 1.16 |
| 1917 | BOS | 24 | 5 | 5 | 3.31 | 100.2 | 35 | 23 | 1.12 |
| 1919 | BOS | 32 | 16 | 8 | 2.71 | 219.0 | 70 | 48 | 1.24 |
| 1920 | BOS | 37 | 16 | 13 | 3.68 | 242.1 | 68 | 61 | 1.26 |
| 1921 | BOS | 32 | 12 | 14 | 4.04 | 222.2 | 91 | 59 | 1.47 |
| 1922 | BOS | 32 | 10 | 17 | 4.32 | 202.0 | 59 | 74 | 1.50 |
| 1923 | NYY | 35 | 19 | 6 | 3.13 | 238.1 | 93 | 68 | 1.27 |
| 1924 | NYY | 40 | 21 | 9 | 2.83 | 286.1 | 101 | 64 | 1.28 |
| 1925 | NYY | 47 | 16 | 17 | 2.96 | 277.0 | 88 | 71 | 1.22 |
| 1926 | NYY | 40 | 23 | 11 | 3.62 | 266.1 | 78 | 43 | 1.27 |
| 1927 | NYY | 34 | 19 | 8 | 3.00 | 209.2 | 51 | 48 | 1.30 |
| 1928 | NYY | 28 | 17 | 6 | 2.56 | 211.0 | 53 | 40 | 1.21 |
| 1929 | NYY | 27 | 9 | 11 | 4.92 | 157.1 | 49 | 28 | 1.48 |
| 1930 | NYY | 25 | 11 | 7 | 4.32 | 156.1 | 46 | 20 | 1.37 |
| 1931 | NYY | 25 | 11 | 6 | 4.28 | 189.1 | 65 | 30 | 1.46 |
| 1932 | NYY | 22 | 9 | 5 | 4.60 | 146.2 | 54 | 38 | 1.56 |
| 1933 | NYY | 23 | 7 | 4 | 5.54 | 65.0 | 22 | 21 | 1.80 |
| 1934 | BOS | 30 | 2 | 0 | 3.05 | 62.0 | 16 | 16 | 1.35 |
Career Postseason
- GP
- 10
- W
- 5
- L
- 0
- ERA
- 1.96
- IP
- 55.0
- K
- 24
- BB
- 8
- WHIP
- 0.85
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 247
- SHO
- 35
- K/9
- 3.1
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1912 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1913 | ATH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1914 | ATH | 0 | 8 | 3 | 5.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1915 | ATH/BOS | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1916 | BOS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1917 | BOS | 0 | 4 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1919 | BOS | 0 | 16 | 5 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1920 | BOS | 0 | 19 | 4 | 2.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1921 | BOS | 0 | 15 | 1 | 3.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1922 | BOS | 0 | 15 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1923 | NYY | 0 | 21 | 1 | 3.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1924 | NYY | 0 | 25 | 4 | 3.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1925 | NYY | 0 | 21 | 2 | 2.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1926 | NYY | 0 | 19 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1927 | NYY | 0 | 18 | 1 | 2.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 | NYY | 0 | 18 | 5 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1929 | NYY | 0 | 8 | 1 | 2.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1930 | NYY | 0 | 11 | 1 | 2.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1931 | NYY | 0 | 12 | 1 | 3.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 | NYY | 0 | 9 | 1 | 3.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1933 | NYY | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1934 | BOS | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Herb Pennock's career stats?
Herb Pennock played 22 seasons for the Athletics, the Red Sox and the Yankees. He had 240 wins and 1,227 strikeouts with a 3.60 ERA over 3,571.2 innings. His best season was 1926: 23 wins, a 3.62 ERA and 78 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
22 seasons, 5 postseasons, 1912 to 1934
Championships ×7
- 1913 World Series with the Athletics
- 1915 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1916 World Series with the Boston Red Sox
- 1923 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1927 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1928 World Series with the New York Yankees
- 1932 World Series with the New York Yankees
All-time career rank
- 55th in wins (pitching) (240)
Among the 8,948 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
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